State v. Mah Sam Hing

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.

Tbe defendant, Mab Sam Hing, was convicted of the crime of having in bis possession certain prohibited drugs, and was sentenced to serve five years in the state prison and to pay a fine of $3,000 or, in default thereof, serve said fine at the rate of one day for each $2. He moved for a new trial, which motion the court, by order, denied. Defendant has appealed from the judgment and order.

1. The information, as originally filed, charged that, on the fourteenth day of February, 1930, the defendant did feloniously “have in his possession and under bis control a…